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  • Mafias provide water and electricity to slumdwellers at a cost far higher than what wealthy Indians pay for basic services.

    India: Toilets Are Scarce, And Highly Desirable AP 2010

  • So begins Frederico Varese's "Mafias on the Move."

    The Law of the Mafia Jungle Jillian Kay Melchior 2011

  • During his thirty-year dictatorship, Diaz controlled the traditional caudillos, feudal lords, to maintain authority in a system of power resembling, if not replicating, organized Mafias.

    Mexico: Sex Slaves (Part I) 2010

  • Officials say that contrary to the Sicilian and Neapolitan Mafias, Ndrangheta informers are all but non-existent.

    Italy's Mafia Gets A Homegrown Rival 2010

  • Political Mafias Parties paid for by lobbyist and special interest groups to subvert the American dream?

    Issa calls for call for congressional hearing after threats 2010

  • During his thirty-year dictatorship, Diaz controlled the traditional caudillos, feudal lords, to maintain authority in a system of power resembling, if not replicating, organized Mafias.

    Printing: Mexico: Sex Slaves (Part I) 2010

  • Unlike some other societies, the Green Gang had embraced these criminals and organized their activities to a degree the Sicilian and American Mafias might well have envied.

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • It could be placed on a plaque in any capital city of the Western World - except perhaps his birthplace, where the various Mafias rule the roost.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • So it is strange that while law can be used against writers like Ashis Nandy who put across their point of view, full-blooded Mafias who are active in many fields, can get away with murder.

    Ghandi-Like Protest in India--How about in the USA? 2008

  • At Westminster, we are currently watching the absurdity of a Prime Minister's 'resignation' and another Prime Minister's 'coronation' being manipulated by political Mafias without even a nod in the direction of democracy.

    Why Welsh Labour should lose. Glyn Davies 2007

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